The magazine later ranked the song the twelfth best of the '00s decade.
Entertainment Weekly ranked the song as the tenth best single of 2011.
VH1 ranked the song as the third greatest heavy metal song ever.
It was ranked the 108th best song of 1980-2005 by Blender Magazine.
It was also ranked the 270th best song of all time in November 2008 by Acclaimedmusic.net.
It was ranked the 68th greatest song of the 1990s by VH1.
Billboard ranked the song third in its list of top tracks for 1984.
It was ranked the 8th best song of 2010 by complex.
It was ranked the 4th greatest song of all time by Mojo in 2000.
It was ranked the 80th best song of all time by Acclaimed Music.